1 / 2

Blasts continue at Russia's Urals arms depot, 75 injured

10:17 04/06/2011

Multimedia

Shell blasts at artillery depot in Udmurtia

At least 75 people have been injured in blasts that have been shaking an ammunition depot in Russia's Urals republic of Udmurtia since a fire broke out on Thursday, rescuers said on Saturday.

About thirty of the 75 people are in hospital, and five have been discharged.

A fire broke out at the arms depot late on Thursday causing a string of explosions, the Defense Ministry said. Nearly 30,000 people were evacuated.

The Health Ministry said 76 people had asked for medical assistance.

"Fourteen people suffered injuries of various degrees, 21 are in a state of shock," the ministry said.

Alexander Goryainov, head of Udmurtia's presidential administration and government, said most of injuries were cuts and bruises.

MOSCOW/IZHEVSK, June 4 (RIA Novosti)

Add to blog
Send to friend
Share

Add to blog

You may place this material on your blog by copying the link.

Publication code:

<div style="border:1px solid #d3d3d3; padding:17px 0 0px 17px; background:#ffffff; width:510px;"><div style="width:100%; overflow:hidden;"><a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20110606041414/http://en.rian.ru/russia/20110604/164433990.html" style="text-decoration:none;"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20110606041414im_/http://en.rian.ru/i/eng/logo_sml.gif" alt="RIA Novosti" title="RIA Novosti" style="float:left; margin-right:10px;" border="0"/></a><a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20110606041414/http://en.rian.ru/russia/20110604/164433990.html"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20110606041414im_/http://en.rian.ru/images/16443/40/164434043.jpg" width="120" height="83" border="0" alt="Blasts continue at Russia's Urals arms depot, 75 injured" style="float:right;padding:0px 15px 5px 0px;"/></a><a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20110606041414/http://en.rian.ru/russia/20110604/164433990.html" style="color:#000000;text-decoration:none;display: block; margin: 0 10px 0 0 ;"><strong style="font:19px Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; line-height:16px; font-weight:bold;">Blasts continue at Russia's Urals arms depot, 75 injured</strong></a><p style="font:13px Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; padding:5px 153px 0px 0;"><span style="color:#5590bf;">10:17</span> <span style="color:#5590bf; padding-right:7px;">04/06/2011</span> <span style="font-size:12px;">At least 75 people have been injured in blasts that have been shaking an ammunition depot in Russia's Urals region since a fire broke out on Thursday, rescuers said on Saturday.<a target="_blank" style="color:#335f86; padding-left:10px; text-decoration:underline;" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20110606041414/http://en.rian.ru/russia/20110604/164433990.html" title="Blasts continue at Russia's Urals arms depot, 75 injured">>></a></span></p><div style="padding:6px 0 15px 30px; font:10px Verdana,sans-serif;"><a target="_blank" style="color:#114472; text-decoration:underline;" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20110606041414/http://en.rian.ru/" title="RIA Novosti">Other news of the day</a></div></div></div>

Preview:

Blasts continue at Russia's Urals arms depot, 75 injured

10:17 04/06/2011 At least 75 people have been injured in blasts that have been shaking an ammunition depot in Russia's Urals region since a fire broke out on Thursday, rescuers said on Saturday.>>

Other news of the day